1. Summarize the “Ted” talk: Brené Brown‚ Ph.D.‚ LMSW‚ a self-purported “shame-and-vulnerability expert”‚ is a research professor at the University of Houston‚ Graduate College of Social Work. Focusing the last ten years of her studies on the topics of vulnerability‚ courage‚ authenticity‚ and shame‚ Brené Brown’s work has been featured on PBS‚ CNN‚ NPR‚ and most notably TED. In her TED talk‚ she shares the findings of her lengthy qualitative research‚ a massive collection of interviews including
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Oedipus is banished from Thebes‚ the Chorus addresses the people with this passage‚ explaining Oedipus’ success and downfall. This passage also indicates to the reader how throughout the play‚ the people’s perspective of Oedipus shifts from respect to shame. In the beginning of the play‚ the people of Thebes regard Oedipus with respect and envy. On line 14‚ a priest calls Oedipus “my country’s lord and master”‚ a title that displays the priest’s respect of his king. As he was highly regarded‚ Oedipus
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punishment. In Chapter 5‚ we see Hester talking about staying in the town instead of leaving: Here‚ she said to herself‚ had been the scene of her guilt‚ and here should be the scene of her earthly punishment; and so‚ perchance‚ the torture of her daily shame would at length purge her soul‚ and work out another purity than that which she had lost; more saint-like‚ because the result of martyrdom. If we are to base the correlation between punishment and the severity of the crime solely on Hester’s public
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could see him. “I never learn hate at home or shame. I had to go to school for that.” Gregory once says. He felt hate coming from his teacher and shame from others around him. I felt bad for Gregory when he talks about Helene looking straight at him and crying because of the fact that he was making up a father so he would not be left out from the rest of the classmates. Gregory felt hate from people that hated black people. Gregory also felt shame from all the ones that knew what has happened at
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in The Iliad In Homer’s Illiad Hector‚ one of the primary leaders of Trojan forces and also a prince of the fated city of Troy fulfills the male gender expectations defined through prowess in war. However‚ male’s heroism is driven by the fear of shame and dishonor in war. Hector is an mortal character in Homer’s Iliad and all Hector seeks is war-glory‚ and he believes that one must die with a cause. He fears the indignity that he believes will come should he not fight nobly for his city of Troy
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Did Hurricane Katrina Expose Racism in America? (A Case Study) Before beginning this case study‚ Hurricane Katrina was a force of nature that ravaged the city of New Orleans‚ Louisiana in 2005 leaving thousands of African Americans homeless and impoverished. Assuming the affirmative position of the debate in question is Adolph Reed and Stephen Steinberg. They argue that Hurricane Katrina did‚ in fact expose racism in America. They want to emphasize the need to address race and poverty concerns
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They had endured some of the worst possible things that you could imagine and when they got out they just couldn’t handle the normal things of everyday life. Levi explains that when he got out he felt so much shame because he wasn’t able to prevent or help any of those people that had lost their lives in the concentration camp. He goes on saying that the only real people that felt the full power and horribleness of the camps were those who actually died and those
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Presentation Essay (IOP) Comparing First and Third Person Narratives: Racism Note: This essay intends to explain the differences in first and third person narratives‚ highlighting examples within the two stories “Let them call it Jazz” and “A sense of shame”‚ both of which deal with racism and its subcultures in a first and third person perspective‚ respectively. The arguments presented are limited to that of first and third person perspectives only. The differences between first and third person
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Doodle was terrified of being abandoned; Brother knew this. “The Scarlet Ibis” is a short story about shame. Using the literary elements of figurative language‚ mood‚ and setting‚ James Hurst shows that you should not let shame change the way you feel towards a loved one. Mood is a literary element often used in a story to give meaning and descriptions. A type of mood that is used in “The Scarlet Ibis” is to show Brother’s feelings of Doodle. At one point in the story Brother tells his
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and is not singularly invective. It expresses hate‚ but‚ underneath its loathing‚ lies layers of shame and madness. How the poem is set up is the main way the reader can see these underlying emotions. On the surface‚ Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 129" is an uniquely impersonal poem expressing a hate for lust. Though it is not explicitly sexual in this sonnet though. "The expense of spirit in a waste of shame" can be any exertion of energy that takes over until the need - for sex‚ power‚ money‚ fame‚ or
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